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France's spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel celebrates 1,000th birthday

06 Jun 2023

Gulf Today Report France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It's been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the...

Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques

31 May 2023

If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are...

Three die in Marseille shooting as gang murders surge

21 May 2023

Three men died on Sunday in an assault rifle attack in the French port city of Marseille, which has seen a surge of drug-related gang murders in recent months,...

Trade between UAE and France up by 16.8% in 2022 to Dhs29.5b

11 May 2023

The trade exchange between the UAE and France grew by 16.8 per cent in 2022, reaching Dhs29.44 billion ($8 billion), compared to Dhs25.2 billion ($6.8 billion) in 2021, according to...

France braces for more protests as Macron signs pension reform into law

15 Apr 2023

French President Emmanuel Macron signed his controversial pension reform into law Saturday, defying three months of protests and pleas from unions not to implement the legislation. The alterations became...

French President confers Grand Officer of Legion of Honour on Sharjah Ruler

12 Apr 2023

His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, on Wednesday received the National Order of the Legion of Honour at the...

Avalanche kills 5 in France, one missing

10 Apr 2023

A fifth person has been found dead and one is still missing after an avalanche near Mont Blanc in southeastern France, the local prosecutor's office said Monday. One of...

Marseille building collapses, rubble fire stymies rescue

09 Apr 2023

A residential building in France's port city of Marseille collapsed in a loud explosion early on Sunday followed by a fire deep within the rubble that hindered rescue efforts....

China-France equation laden with hopes

09 Apr 2023

France President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travelled to China in a desperate bid to persuade Chinese President Xi Jinping to play the mediator...

Macron, Ursula von der Leyen to press China’s Xi on Ukraine

06 Apr 2023

French and EU leaders will on Thursday seek to make Europe's case for bringing an end to the conflict in Ukraine in a Beijing meeting with Xi Jinping, a...

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